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Via twitchfilm.net : The Hong Kong Film Critics Association announced their winners for the past year. Best Picture : Kung Fu Hustle -an excellent and funny film, which I enjoyed much more than Shaolin Soccer. Kung Fu Hustle had its Continue reading Hong Kong’s The 10th Golden Bauhinina Awards
Via tenspeed we have The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) running from March 10-20, 2005 in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose. The Festival also has a Insider Blog. Oh to be in San Fan…. Update March Continue reading The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
Confimring earlier rumors, Reuters reports that Old Fish Face (or Rabbit Face) has resigned for personal “Health” reasons, more than two years ahead of schedule. Tung’s resignation comes just weeks after he was publicly reprimanded by Chinese President Hu Jintao Continue reading Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa is Gone!!
In The New Yorker: Online Only (Januaray 2005). is an interview with the writer (Margaret Talbot) of The New Yorker’s article “The Auteur of Anime” (not avaialbe on-line, buy your copy now or go to your freindly neighor library). I’ve Continue reading The Animated Life, Hayao Miyazaki (Howl’s Moving Castle’ & Spirited Away ) in The New Yorker
“House of Flying Daggers” (Shi Mian Mai Fu) is not to be missed! The original Chinese title is Shi Mian Mai Fu, meaning “ambush from ten direction”. The film is written as a thriller under the cover of a love Continue reading House of Flying Daggers & Anita Mui
Tsunami are a Japanese term which has been used to describe a large seismically generated ocean wave, produced by a submarine earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption. The pronunciation for tsunami is “soo- nah- mee”, and comes from Japanese : tsu Continue reading Defination Definition : Tsunami